Rail-joint.



Jr & Fl RAIL JOINT APPLICATION TILED MAY 14, 1909.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

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Incantation! lette inten Patented Sept. 7, 1909;

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To all whom it my camera: Be it known that we, FRANCK MINIH, subjects of the King of Hungary, residing at Pittsbur in the county of Allegheny and State 0 Penns lvama, have invented certain new and use ul Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the fol owing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints and the objects of our invention-are to provide a strong and durable rail chaiizfor su portmg the confrontingends of two ral s; to furnish simple and eflective means for preventing lateral and vertical displacement of the confronting ends of two rails, and to provide a rail .chair with longitudinal and transverse strength reinforcin ribs that will rid e between two-ties for the ends of rails. hese and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the convenient embodiment of o r invention shown-in the accompanymg crawings, in which, 1 I

Figure 1 is an elevation of a rail joint constructed in accordance with our invention, F1 2 is a cross sectional view of the same, an Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the rail chair.

In the drawin 1 denotes an oblong plate adapted to bri getwoties 2 and support the confronting ends of rails 3, the ends of said rails meetin intermediate the ties 2 and centrally of the plate'l.

4 denotes splice bars formed'integral with the longitudinal edges of the plate 1 and ex? tending over the base flanges 5 of the rails and bracing the web portions 6 thereof, said splice barsalso supporting the heads of the.

rails. The splice ars 4 are approximately the same length as the platel and the longitudlnal edges of said splice, bars, adjacent to the ends thereof, are provided with verti cal ooves 7 for spikes 8 em loyed for securing the plate 1 and the sp ice bars to the tiw 2.

9 and 10 designate transverse strengthening or reinforcing ribs carried by the botous to each end thereof, and 11 and 12 enote longitudinal strengthening or reinforcing ribs arranged between. the ribs 9, the rib 12 being located between the ribs 11 and of a greater depth than the ribs 11.

It is apparent from the foregoing description that we have devised a novel rail chair having bottom braces or trusses adapted Josnr Minn; and,

2. A rail (ioint chair comprising an to compensate for the stresses and strains exerted upon the chair by the rolling steer and active loads assing over the rails 3.

While in the rawings there is illustrated the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described our invention what we claim as new, is i 1. A rail 'oint chair comprising an oblong plate a mg length as to extend beyond a air of ties, splice bars formed inte 'ral witi the longitudinal ed es of said p ate and adapted to brace, the base flanges and. web portions of said rails, said splice bars adjacent to the ends thereof having vertical spike grooves formed therein, a pair of transversely-extendin reinforcing ribs depending from the lower ace of said plate at each end thereof, the ribs of each pair of ribs spaced from each other whereby when said plate mounted upon the ties the ribs of each palr will be arranged in close proximity to the sides of the ties thereby preventing longitudinal shift-in of said plates, and a. luralribs depen mg from the bottom of said plate and formed integral at their ends with the inner transverse ribs of the pairs of ribs, said longitudinallv-extending r1 is gradually increasing in height from the ends toward the center, the intermediate rib of said longitudinally-extendin ribs at its center being of greater height than the outer ribs of said longitudinally-extending ribs and the outer ity of lo'ngitu inallv-extending rein arcing ends of two adjacent rails and of ,a.

apted to support the confrontrib of each pair of transversely-extending ribs being positioned at a point remove from the terminus of the plate. b

apted to support the confrontlon late a g p rails and of a in ends of two adjacent len 11 as to extend beyond a air of ties, splice bars formed inte ral wit 1 the longitudinal edges of said p ate and adapted to brace the base flanges and web portions 0 said rails, a pair of transverscly-extending reinforcing ribsdepending from the lower face of said plate at each end thereof, the ribs of each pair of ribs spaced from each other whereby when said plate is mounter upon the ties, the ribs of each pair will be arranged in close proximity to the sides of -lgngitlidinallyiex tending ribs and the outer 41b, of each pen: ef tl ansversfly-extendin ,jiibflflbeing position 5! et, gpomt remove the ties thereby prefie nting longitudinal shiftin of said plates, ahd qgpllirality'of longitu inelly-extendiqg reinfdrcing iiib de-' endin from the bottom "of sziiril'plgitepnd 6 orI n in'tegml at their ends wit the iilner transi'erse nbs ofthe pairs of piiid" longitudinally-extending ibs adfl yin-' 4-. e creasing in height fromtheeh towg'rd the FRANGK MINIH. center, the intermediate rib of sfl-idfldfigi W I m, J v 3 x r 10 tudinelly-extendini ribs at .itsi' "11% LPHiI-Rnejim, 1 of greater height t an the outer nbs of eai A. J; Time 

